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received and paid, but oie man Only who paid nfo
is arftenable to law, and that but for a very trifle;
that I never petitioned the Rebels'for one favour,
or refufed to swear allegiance to iny IVince when
ever it was required or neeeflary ; I never did ob
tain an attachment or judgment for the benefit of
absent Rebels, or for debts contrasted in the Re
bellion, without a difeount for <1 predation * the
part I took was decifivc * That a view
the many hundreds of forlorn loyal objects llript
to the ikin by the Rebels in the back country, and
sent down here to be clothed and fed upon charity;
from handfomc competences there, without ari
impulse of the tendered pity, mud have an heart
hardened as Pharaoh's *was ; and yet those desti
tute objects may again be flieared for depreciation;
within one year, (if they have any wool) by the
very men, if they become fubjefls, who have made
them already so miserable ; and they may as jutlly
receive corporal puoifhment for being so very un
fortunate, Or for being afflicted with gout, rheu
matism, or ailhma, born with one leg or other
deformity: If nccelfity and choice be the fame,
the unhappy father Who kills his favourite fop by
accident is as guilty of wilful murder as the barbar
ous aflltffm that afts with premeditation; if the will
did not accompany the aft, Cain would not have
been marked by God for the murder of his b: other:
That I verily believe the advocates for indiferitni
nate depreciation % who nvi'll not fee the intolerable
hatdflnpsof exiled Loyalifls that had anv propv ty
to lofc, are dill their enemies, unfriendly had
like to have said inimical) to tneir cauf*, and and' j af
to the calls of reason, which fodders their concep
tions. to intcrefl, and an intention to leave'this
wretched country (when their views are uccoinpKfti
ed) to druggie with the evils they flatter about it
during their day.
In a.word, I (hall conclude th ? s creed wit It a
declaration, that I never had pod, place, or office,
in fees Or falary*; but -1 > regard the men who do
with particular attention, and-my bed willies, when
candour rules their conduct: 1 aril not riveted -to
any party or set of men, but |hey ha ve my thanks
when the reftitude of aftion rccormnu,ds them:
I am a friend to society, and fuiccieiy wish that
domeftick peace and unanimity might reign among
the fmuli community we arc now reduced to.
I am, Sir, &c.
A LOYALIST.
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A curious In fiance of French Perfidy .
THE indance of perfidy here produced being
applicable in many refpefts to the American
bufinefc, will warrant an expectation that the
French alliance may terminate to tire disadvantage
•of America, and probably be the means of bring
ing back the colonics to the bosom of the parent
faie.
4 ‘ WE fhal! proceed to cOnfidcr one or the deeped
and mod cruel tragedies that ever was afted upon
the flage of Europe; a tragedy it was, that will
fix an eternal blemish upon the Memory of Louis
the Great, and serve as a warning to all posterity
how they trud to the friendfhip of a Prince who
facrifices honour, faith, and all that ought to be
accounted mod sacred among men, to hi> ambition
and his intered. . I mean the affair of Medina,
which happened in the following manner:
Though by the edntraft of marriage between
Louis the Fourteenth and the King of Spain’s lider;
-confirmed by the treaty of thervreifCcs.inThe
year 1660, the French King had entered into a
firm alliance with his brother in law, and formally
renounced all right to the faccedion of the crown
of Spain, and whatever pretentions he might have
to his territories in Calc of his Catholick Majefty**
dirccafe ; yet, notwithllanding that treaty, and
contrary even to common gerierofiiy, Louis the
Fourteenth had well nigh dripped his brother jit
law* who was fearce turned of infancy, of one of
His fined kingdoms, that of Sicily. Ever face that
idand became part of the dominions of Spain, the
city of Medina had made a very considerable figure,
and obtfoifcd such ample and advantageous privi
leges, that flie seemed rather a rtpublick within
her &ule diltrift, than a town undet foe iuhjeftton
of a monarchy. Very few civic went beyond her
for trade; die therein excelled moll of the empires
in the world : nor was there any of her bigncls in
the Mediterranean that pretended to come up with
her in riches. Such was Medina, and such, per
haps, (he might have remained to this cLy, but for
the fatal friendfhip of Louis the Great, who plunged
her into deep ruin without resource.
The Viceroy having laid new duties upon certain
merchandizes, the Meflinefe exclaimed again 11 that
imposition, as an injury done them. Nor were the
agents and pensioners of France wanting on that
©ccafion to blow the coal into such a flame that at
lad they obliged those unhappy people, by their
fla!tteting piomifesand fly iufmuruions, to lhakeoff
the SpaniCh yoke, and put themselves under the
protection of France* —r
Rut it was not long befort the Meflinefe repented
the folly they had committed. Neither were the
arms of a minor King, whom they had abandoned,
so milch'the fubjeft of their repentance, as the in
fluences continually offered them .by the French
garrison and Governor, whom they had received.
In a word, the French behaving themselves like
maflers, and not like protestors, convinced the
Meffmefe, but too late, that they Ijacf leaped out
of the tryingpan into the fire. Nevtrthclcfsthe
poor people, confoious to themselves that they had
given the King of Spain jufl cause of complaint,
and finding on the other hand that it was itnpoflible
for them to disengage themselves from the French,
shut their eyes againit the rigours with which they
were treated by those mailers, and resolved to make
their new (Every as easy to them as possible.
. After they had thus groaned for fomc years un
der the French yoke, at lad an end was put to
their unfpcakable niifery, Monsieur de la Feiiiliade
arriving at Medina foe 2®th df February, 1678,
with a confi Jeiable fleet of men of war, was re
ceived by the Meflinefe with all possible tokens of
joy, assumed the tiifl of Victrby, and took a pub
lick oath to defend the city again A all who fhoukl
attack it. On the lift day ol the fame February
that gentleman afftnibled the inhabitants, and told
them that he had orders from his mailer to under
take something of importance; in order to procure
them a veiy confidcjable advantage. This the
deluded people took so be ut lead the reduftion of
% ‘ acufcx atjd the jjcfljof the iflanri; and the better
to keep them in their blindnefi ar.d ignorance,
Monsieur de Fefcillaie ordered a- great number of
w.iggoii% mules, and oxen, cube got ready, as if
he designed to transport proviflons by land; caused
the French garrison of .Medina, jGonfilting of about
600 c men, to leimlferk the 9th pf March, (hipped
Off feverai pieces of heavy artillery, jult as if he
had intended to pin this great enterpr ie in execu
tion ; set out from Mt lfr. a with loud acd tniatiows
France, abandoning the poor w/etches to the mercy
of the inceiifed Spaniards. .~ ’ .
The next day the Fiench fleet, meeting wifo.fi
Violent dorm, was Obliged to return Into the b<>y
of Medina, and the citizens, dill persuaded of the
fmcerity of the men who betrayed them, pitfentej
the Admiral With a consecrated flag to set up at his
(hip’s dtrn; but the wind coming fair the 1 stk of,
Maich, and-thc French foldiets, who had landed,
embarking again in the grcatell huriy. With all
foal ever they -had left behind them at their Ad
embarkation, made the Meflinefe at last fufpc6l,
all of a sudden, thvy were betrayed ; insomuch,
that the people running to Monsieur deft Fcuiflade,
jull as he w-as upon the pojnt of leaving them,
obliged him to return Cos the ‘Fownhoufc, Where
he made a (beech to the Mefiiuefe, transported
with rage and fury, concluding witii these morti
fy ing expteflions : “ In a wotd, I am commanded
by my mailer to carry his troops back to France;
you mud therefore endeavour to defend yourfllves
for two months, at the expiration of which I diall
return ; meanwhile, if any of you have a mind to
go to France, you may, provided you do it in good
Order.” 7^ T
This thunderclap flruck the Meflinefe with such
a general consternation, that of all the citizens only
111 of the richcfl had the resolution tg accept of
the offer; and indeed they had no time to prepare
for their departure, for the French fleet hoi fled fail
the next day, leaving Meflina never to fee it more.
A Angular example this of the generosity, and
fxith, and friendfhip, of Louis the Fourteenth,
w ho thereby rubied one of lire richefl cities of jfo
rope, and condemned to the gibbet above 3:0 of
her principal inhabitants, Whom the Spaniards fa
crificed to their rfefctitment as soon as they had re*
y taken Medina; and one of the unhappy gentlemen
Whom Monsieur de la Feuillade carried off, who
had been Consul of the place, and one of the
wealthiefl merchants in the Levant, was afterwards
forced to beg his bread France,’ 4
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Rttnarkablt Infianct of Intrepidity in a. K r aval
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IN the glorious reigu of Queen Elizabeth, the
Lord Thomas Howard haVing failed to the
Azores, in hopes of intercepting the Spanish Plate
fleet in its pnffage from America, was almofl fur
p.ifed by Alphonso Baflbn, who comnmndcd 53
flaips deilined for its convOy. Howard flood Out
to sea with five (hips of his squadron, but Sir Ri
chaid Grenville, the Vice Admiral, in the Revengi,
was surrounded by the eoemy’s whole fleet. He
endeavoured to fight his paff\ge through them, and
maintained a desperate engagement fur 15 hourr,
. during which he was boarded by 13 galleons fuc-
O'flively. At length his crew being almod killed
or disabled, his malls fliot away, hts hull pierced
by 800 cannon balls, his powder spent, and him
felt covered with wounds, he ordered the gunner
to blow up the fliip, that she might not foil into
the hands of the enemy. f:The execution of tlrii
order was prevented bv'jthr Lieutenant, who pipi
iiulated for the life ana,liberty of the crew, giving
hofages for the payment of their ransom; end
Grenville being brought on board the Spanish Ad
miral died in three days of his wounds. The
Spaniards wete amazed and confounded at his cx
cefs of valour, which cod them 2000 men, who
peri Hied in the engagement. Two df their largeg
galleons weie funk, two of them were turned a
drift as unferviceable, and the Indian fleet being
dilperfed in a dorm, fome of the fliips fell into foe
hands of the Engliih;
xxxwHxmxxxKmw*.*
WHereas, by an aft of Aflembly, passed the
2d day of Augud last, entitled, * An A£t
for further amending an Aft for conAituting and
dividing the feverai Didrifts ami DivifiOns ofthi*
Province into Parishes, and for eflablifhing of reli
gious Worship therein according to the Rites
and Ceremonies of the Church of England t
and also for empowering the Church-wardens
and Vcflry-men of thfc refpeftive Pariflies to
affsfs R ites for the Repair of the Churches, the
Relief of the Poor, and other parochial Services ;
and for enlarging the Publick Burying Ground at
Savannah, and inclofing the fame {” it is Enabled,
That it Ihall and may be lawful tp and for the Rec
tor or officiating Clergyman, Church-wardens, and
Vedrymen, of the pariih of Chrifl Church, or the
majority of them, to raise such a sum and sums of
fnoney in the said pariih, notice thereof being firil
given in the Gazette, as ihall be requisite and ne
ceffiry for all or any of the services in the said aft
mentioned, provided the fame IhalJ not yearly, t
in any one year, exceed the futn of one hundred
and twenty pounds lawful mosey of Great Britain;
by an <*qual tax, to be afleffed, collcfted. and le-
vied, in the manner and agreeable to thedireftions
of the before recited aft. ‘ .• .
Nonce e toy
dens and Vedry-men for the narilh of Chrifl
Cliurch, by viftue of the aforefafo aft, have order
ed that the following sums (to be paid in gold and
iilver at the present current rates) shall be levifcd
and afleffed on the inhabitants of the said pariih, to
wit:
r l’he sum of Fourpence upon every Have, Four
pence upon every 100 acres of land ; Seven Shil
lings and Sixpence on every improved lot within
the town of Savannah, Ewcniburgh, Truflce*
Gardens, and Yairiacraw, and on the hamlets
thereunto belonging ; Two Shillings on every lot
unimproved within the limits aforefaid; Fourpence
upon every 1001. value of dock of goods on hand
lor lklt.
By Confefit of the Veflry,
S. H. JENKINS, J Church-
JOSIAH TATTNALL, f warden..
RAN AWAY from the Subscriber a->
bnut ten days ago,
A NEGRO MAN, named Primus, about jo years of
age and j feet 6 inches high, much marked with,
the smallpox, fpcaks rematkal.ly faft, he h a cooper b)f
trade. Whoever will deliver him to me in Savannah (hail
have one guinea THOMAS GIBBONS.
tin tl * “ 11 uom *mm m \\ mm
A Negro Wench, who
can waih and iron well, and is otherwise handy
about a house, to bfc hired by the month. Inquire
of the printer;
STR AYED into the plantation of Miles Btewton, Esq.
deceafcd, near town, A Black. Mare, branded on the
(houlder A Roan Horse, branded on the near (boulder
OW. And a Sorrel Horse, branded on the near buttock
y> ind on the off buttock S M. The owners of the above
ffcrays are desired to prove their property and to fend for
them as soon as possible, the fubferiber intending to leave
the said plantation in a few days. JAMES NIX
CAME to the fubferiber at Ebenezer about a fortnight
ago, A NEGRO MAN, who fays his name i*
James, and that he belongs to 3 Rebel in South Carolina; I
he is about 15 years of age and 5$ feet high, stout msdc,
of a black complexion, had on a red ftriyed woollen jacket.
The owner, proving his property and paying expenecsg
may have him again, by applying to
I- ISRAEL KIEFFER.
*7th Sept. <7Bl.
TAKEN UP, a Dun Coloured COW, branded
on iAl*m m P . *
J Si The owner; proving the
property arid pay ing charges, may have her again,
’ by applying at Ebenezer to
ISRAEL RIESER.
T O B E H I rTd^
AN exceeding good Cook, Walher, Ironer, and House
Wench j (he undorftands Paftry-makiug, audit so
ber and hopelt.; For further particulars inquire of thA
printer.
1 7 WAN TED, .
A LAD about 14 years of age, as an Apprstt*
(ice (0 the Printing Business. Apply to
JAMES JOIINSfQff.